Mr. Alexander co-chairs Baker Botts’ International Arbitration and International Disputes Resolution Group. With over 25 years of experience, his practice focuses on international arbitration, including both commercial and public international law disputes.

Mr. Alexander has substantial experience as first-chair advocate and also sits as an arbitrator. He has acted in arbitrations conducted throughout the world, and under the auspices of many arbitral institutes, including the ICC, ICDR, ICSID, LCIA, Permanent Court of Arbitration and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, as well as ad hoc and UNCITRAL Rules proceedings. These disputes arise in many industry sectors (including energy, construction, finance, insurance, shipping, technology and manufacturing), and frequently present multi-jurisdictional issues implicating the laws of more than one nation and/or public international law. Mr. Alexander also litigates enforcement proceedings and defends the interests of foreign sovereigns in United States courts.

Mr. Alexander has helped parties resolve disputes arising in many jurisdictions, including Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Mongolia, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, the United States and Venezuela. These matters have involved both disputes between commercial entities and disputes between foreign investors and their host States.

Mr. Alexander was a law clerk for present Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg while she was serving on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He has served as a Deputy Judge of the International Court of Appeal of the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile and has taught trial advocacy for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Asian telecommunications company-International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) arbitration between Asian and North American companies involving alleged defective engineering, procurement and installation services of an inter-continental network, with an amount in dispute of more than US$3.5 billion

Fondo de Garantía de Depósitos y Protección Bancaria (FOGADE)-prosecution and defense in United States courts of multiple complex civil disputes that raise issues of federal, state, foreign and international law

Various matters-advice to a wide range of foreign investors and sovereign states regarding investor-state disputes and their nonlitigious resolution

Chapter 7 trustee-complex bankruptcy proceedings requiring the location and recovery of significant assets concealed in secrecy jurisdictions by a foreign national through the use of aliases, nominees and bearer share corporate entities

Major South American financial institution-multinational, multijurisdictional investigation of the financial activities of a non-U.S. bank operating in the United States and elsewhere, demanding cross-border financial investigation and confidential negotiated resolution

Major corporations-various criminal investigations arising out of business practices in the Middle East, including Egypt, Israel and Jordan

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

“North American Overview,” The International Comparative Legal Guide to International Arbitration, 2008-09 (Ryan Bull, co-author)